HALIFAX TOWN HALL LAWN PROJECT
SPRING - 1928

Part of the project that was to be done in the spring was so large that the committee members asked for an appropriation of $500.00 at town meeting.
An engineer was hired to draw plans of the Church and Town Hall surroundings, including an acre of land beside the Town Hall, in order that our town center should look its best for the 200th Anniversary of its incorporation in 1934.
It was worked out that sections of the work could be accomplished each year and still have the project done to everyone's satisfaction.
On April 19, 1928, a "Grading Bee" was held with about seventy men and boys showing up with shovels and rakes.  Even former residents and summer residents came to lend a helping hand.
The group filled the hole with fill from an area in back of the water tower and the west side of the cemetery.  There was one tractor, eight Model T Ford trucks, wagons and six teams of horses, and a few oxen for hauling the material needed.
It was reported that many people from outside Plymouth County chose the Halifax route to Plymouth so that they could see what was done when Halifax held a "Grading Bee."

Respectfully submitted, Sue Basile

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